Dido, Queen of Carthage (Edward’s Boys) @ Christ Church Banqueting Hall, Oxford
September 22, 2013
If Gager’s Dido was accompanied by roast belly of pork and a house red, it seemed appropriate that Marlowe’s more playful take on the Dido story was served up alongside a posh version of cream and jelly. Perry Mills took on an intimidatingly huge room with a production that refused to shy away from the …
Dido (EDOX) @ Christ Church Banqueting Hall, Oxford
On June 12th 1583, William Gager’s Latin play Dido was performed in the main banqueting hall of Christ Church College in honour of the Polish ambassador. On September 21st 2013, the play was once more performed in the same venue, again with the Polish (deputy) ambassador in attendance, in a new English translation by Elizabeth Sandis. …
Dido, Queen of Carthage (National) @ The Cottesloe Theatre
March 29, 2009
Writing about web page http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/dido I’ve been a bit slow at getting a review of the National’s new studio production of Dido, Queen of Carthage up, which has given me a chance to have a look at some of the other notices it’s received. Interestingly, it’s been quite divisive: certain of the broadsheet critics have given …
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